Pocket



Jan. 9, 1934. u, CHARLES POCKET Filed Oct. 28, 1930 Fig: l

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8 8 Mr ma h WC M G 8 er m5 W U ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 9, 1934 UNIT D STATES PATENT? IFFICE Application October 28, 1930.

3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in pockets for trousers or the like.

The object of my invention is to provide means within the pocket to prevent accidental exclusion 5 of articles placed therein.

A further object of my invention is to provide a pocket having a safety device integrally connected therewith and made of a single piece of cloth and being so arranged that the articles placed therein will be separated from the exit or hand opening as moved toward the same.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a pocket having a flap on the inside thereof, the flap being opened at the inner end and the mouth thereof angling from the upper corner diagonally across to near the lower corner at which point an anchor strap will connect the lower corner of the flap to the adjacent corner of the pocket as tensioning means to close the opening by articles placed in the pocket, the anchor strap also functions as a guard against articles retracting thru the opening of the pocket.

These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained, reference being had to the illustrative drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters will apply to like parts in the diiferent views.

Referring to the drawing.

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatical lay out of the pocket as made from a single piece of cloth.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the first fold of the flap portions.

Fig. 3 is a side View of the pocket when completed, parts broken away for convenience of i1- lustration.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the pocket horizontally positioned and illustrating the travel of the articles passing from the bottom of the pocket toward and apast the hand opening thereof but retained in the pocket.

My invention herein disclosed consists of a pocket made of a single piece of cloth and comprising a body portion 1 and flaps 2 integrally connected and outwardly extending from opposite sides of the body portion. The upper end of the body and flap portions are in straight alignment and the points of each of the flaps are removed by cutting the same at right angles to the top as shown at A, and from thence obliquely extending inward and downward to a point B and returning to the body portion by an approximate right angled cut with respect to the obliquely positioned edge, the last said out terminating body portion as shown at C, and the downward Serial No. 491,691

extension of the body portion from the points C is the form arranged for the lower end of the pocket when folded together as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The folding process is as follows:

Each of the flaps when folded on dotted lines 3 and 4 will be positioned as shown in Fig. 2. The second fold is made on dotted line 5, the appearance of which is like that of Fig. 3, at which time the pocket may be stitched together the upper end of the flap portions being attached to the body portion by sewing as shown by dotted line 5 in Figs. 3 and 4, and the lower end portion 6 of the flaps are stitched together and an anchor strap 7 placed therebetween and secured thereto at the time of stitching the said portions 6 together. The other end of the strap is secured to the bottom of the pocket when the same is secured by stitching around the bottom of the pocket from dotted line D to the corner E, the said strap being in alignment with the obliquely positioned portion of the flap above referred to in Fig. 1, but being finally positioned as shown' in Figs. 3 and 4. It is understood that the obliquely positioned portions of the flaps are in parallelism but are not stitched along their entire length, by which means access is had to the interior of the pocket. As means to cause close contact of the opened portion of the flap, the same is tensioned by the anchor strap 7 by the weight of articles 35 placed in the pocket; but this function is not the only purpose, as the said strap is a means to divert articles from passing thru the opening as shown in Fig. 4, and in which view I have shown disc like elements 8 indicating coins or the like that are free to pass on either side of the strap as they move from the bottom of the pocket to the upper portion thereof. By reason of the folds 3 and 4 the hand opening is closed against articles passing therethru, the pocket being so arranged that articles placed therein thru the hand opening are withdrawn without obstruction. Coins, a knife, or other articles commonly carried in pockets are retained by the automatically closed position of the flaps regardless of the posi tion that may be imposed by tossing the trousers or inverting the same, and the same protection is had while wearing any garment having the pocket placed therein regardless of the attitude of the wearer, and while I have illustrated the pocket separately, the same may be placed in wearing apparel such as trousers or it may be applied in other class of garments, and such modifications may be employed with respect to of the pocket, the flaps being separately arranged U as accessible means into the pocket, and as seal ing means for a hand opening, and to prevent articles contained in the pocket 'from'pas'sing;

out freely thru the hand opening.

2. A pocket made of a single pieceof cloth and having a flap on each side thereof turnedinward and extending the full length of the hand opening thereof, the inner ends of the flaps slantingly positioned across the pocket from near the lower extremity of the hand opening to the upper opposite corner therefrom, an anchor strap connected to the lower portion of the flaps and being aligned with the slanting edge of the flaps, the other end being connected to the pocket substantially as shown and for-the-purpose specified.

3. A pocket and flaps made of a single piece of cloth, the flaps being turned inward adjacent the hand opening and stitched together along the lower extremity thereof, the upper extremity thereof being attached to the upper end of the pocket, and an anchor strap to secure the lower extremity of the'fiaps to the bottom of the pocket as a means to avoid articles passing 'thru the flaps substantially as' shown.

ULYSSES Gr. CHARLES. 

